Pierre SUPRENANT (SURPRENANT)

Born

9 September 1805 , L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Died

24 April 1867 , Lacolle, Canada East

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Pierre SURPRENANT Marie-Madeleine GERVAIS

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Pierre SUPRENANT (SURPRENANT) was born 9 September 1805 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Pierre SUPRENANT (SURPRENANT) was the child of Pierre SURPRENANT and Marie-Madeleine GERVAIS

and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine SURPRENANT dit SANSOUCY and Marie-Anne ROBERT (maternal) Gabriel GERVAIS and Marie-Anne-Amable BABEU

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Pierre married Thérèse BLAIN 25 September 1827 in Napierville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Thérèse BLAIN was born abt. 1809 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Thérèse died 26 July 1893 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville). Thérèse was the child of Pierre BLAIN and Madeleine GOGUET.

Pierre SUPRENANT (SURPRENANT) died 24 April 1867 in Lacolle, Canada East .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Thérèse BLAIN-- Date: 25 September 1827 Place: Napierville, Lower Canada
Thérèse BLAIN was the child of Pierre BLAIN and Madeleine GOGUET

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Children of Pierre SUPRENANT (SURPRENANT) and Thérèse BLAIN

Isaac SURPRENANT (b.8 September 1829, Napierville, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Eulalie MONTMIGNY 22 October 1850 in Lacolle, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle)
m. Mathilde LANGEVIN 27 November 1892 in Lacolle, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle)

Jeremie-Joseph SURPRENANT (b.21 October 1831, Napierville, Lower Canada d. , )

Marie-Rosalie SURPRENANT (b.21 October 1831, Napierville, Lower Canada d. 2 June 1838, Napierville, Lower Canada )

Marie-Phébée SURPRENANT (b.9 August 1833, Napierville, Lower Canada d. , )

Emilie SURPRENANT (b.3 May 1835, Napierville, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Étienne DUQUET 20 June 1854 in Lacolle, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle)

François SURPRENANT (b.abt. 1835, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Alfred SURPRENANT (b.1 April 1840, Napierville, Lower Canada d. , )

Gilbert SURPRENANT (b.28 February 1841, Napierville, Canada East d. 23 April 1913, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA )
m. Cécile DAIGNEAULT 25 September 1866 in Lacolle, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle)

Thomas SURPRENANT (b.5 September 1845, Lacolle, Canada East d. , )
m. Marguerite BOUCHER 15 May 1868 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
m. Alphosine (Euphrosine) LABONTÉ 3 February 1873 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

Narcisse SURPRENANT (b.2 July 1851, Lacolle, Canada East d. , )

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1805 Birth
9 September 1805
L'Acadie, Lower Canada

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 Marriage / Partner
Pierre SUPRENANT (SURPRENANT) and Thérèse BLAIN 25 September 1827, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

He was 22 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 Birth of Child
Isaac SURPRENANT was born 8 September 1829, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

Pierre was 24 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Birth of Child
Jeremie-Joseph SURPRENANT was born 21 October 1831, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

Pierre was 26 years old.

1831 Birth of Child
Marie-Rosalie SURPRENANT was born 21 October 1831, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

Pierre was 26 years old.

1833 Birth of Child
Marie-Phébée SURPRENANT was born 9 August 1833, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

Pierre was 27 years old.

1835 Birth of Child
Emilie SURPRENANT was born 3 May 1835, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

Pierre was 29 years old.

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1838 Death of Child
Marie-Rosalie SURPRENANT died 2 June 1838, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

Pierre was 32 years old.

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1840 Birth of Child
Alfred SURPRENANT was born 1 April 1840, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

Pierre was 34 years old.

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1841 Birth of Child
Gilbert SURPRENANT was born 28 February 1841, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

Pierre was 35 years old.

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 Birth of Child
Thomas SURPRENANT was born 5 September 1845, Lacolle, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle)

Pierre was 40 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1850 Marriage of Child
Isaac SURPRENANT married 22 October 1850, Lacolle, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle) to Eulalie MONTMIGNY

1851 Birth of Child
Narcisse SURPRENANT was born 2 July 1851, Lacolle, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle)

Pierre was 45 years old.

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1854 Marriage of Child
Emilie SURPRENANT married 20 June 1854, Lacolle, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle) to Étienne DUQUET

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1866 Marriage of Child
Gilbert SURPRENANT married 25 September 1866, Lacolle, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle) to Cécile DAIGNEAULT

1867 Death
24 April 1867
Lacolle, Canada East

He died at the age of 61.

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